What is the first solar term in winter?

Beginning of winter, the first solar term in winter.

Beginning of winter is the 19 of the 24 solar terms, the first solar term in winter and one of the traditional festivals in China. It is usually on October 7th or 8th of the Gregorian calendar.

In ancient China, the solar terms in beginning of winter were divided into three five days, which determined three periods: ice began with the waiting of water; The second waiting place began to freeze; When a pheasant enters the flood, it must be a stork. The arrival of beginning of winter marks the beginning of winter, plants wither, insects hibernate, and all activities tend to stop. Beginning of winter is not only the time to hold a grand harvest festival and feast, but also the season when the cold wind blows at the beginning.

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Climatic characteristics of beginning of winter;

In some areas of southern China, it is always warm as spring during the winter solstice and the Light Snow Festival (equivalent to October of the lunar calendar), so that some fruit trees mistakenly think that spring has come and bloom for the second time. As the saying goes, "it's warm in August and warm in September, and it's sunny in October." In the dead of winter, the so-called "March 9 cold" is usually when it is not too cold before the winter solstice.

Starting from the winter solstice, every nine days counts as a "nine", the first nine days are called "one nine", the last nine days are called "two nine", and so on. The coldest period of the year is "three nine days". From the beginning of the winter solstice solar term, it began to enter the "three or nine days." Strong cold air frequently goes south, the temperature drops suddenly and the weather is cold. Therefore, the solstice winter is really cold winter.

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